Search results for "Mental Health"
Impaired cognition, a long-lasting consequence of the ICU
Impaired cognition after an ICU visit is common, often existing alongside physical debility and mental and emotional problems.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/04/impaired-cognition-a-long-lasting-consequence-of-the-icu.htm
1 Apr 2020
The next issue is online and coming to your mailbox
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/01/10.htm
1 Mar 2011
Antidepressants work for patients with comorbidities
Patients with comorbidities can be safely and effectively treated for major depressive disorder (MDD) with antidepressants, even combination therapy, with no more adverse effects than their healthier counterparts, researchers concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/24/5.htm
24 Jan 2012
New report assesses health in every U.S. county
The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/6.htm
23 Feb 2010
Silent epidemic: Alcohol and preventable death, despair
Alcohol use disorder is often linked to poverty, unemployment, social isolation, and other social determinants of health, and medicine must address these underlying factors to genuinely reduce the risks associated with alcohol.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/silent-epidemic-alcohol-and-preventable-death-despair.htm
1 Jul 2023
Detecting unhealthy drug use
The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing isolation and stress have been associated with a sharp increase in substance use as a coping mechanism, as well as drug overdose deaths.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/detecting-unhealthy-drug-use.htm
1 Mar 2021
The next issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
The January issue of ACP Internist includes stories on politics and medicine and antidepressants in primary care, as well as a new column on framing risk and benefits of treatments.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/10/8.htm
10 Jan 2012
ACP awards and Masterships nominations due July 1
The deadline is fast approaching for nominations for ACP's 2010-2011 awards and Masterships. All nominations are welcome, particularly those for awards recognizing:
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/08/12.htm
8 Jun 2010
Proposed updates for DSM-5 released
Rosuvastatin approved for patients without heart diseaseAED, IV equipment recalled
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/16/6.htm
16 Feb 2010
Scribes: A write way and a wrong way
Taking a patient's history is considered an intimate part of the exam process, one long-cherished by traditionally minded physicians. Like much of the traditional practice of medicine, it's facing a new model for efficiency. Should doctors delegate the dictation?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/02/scribes.htm
1 Feb 2012